This landmark, full color text covers all the aspects of the management of facial trauma. Written by an international team of oral and maxillofacial and plastic surgeons, it provides detailed practical guidance from the moment the trauma patient arrives in the hospital to the secondary procedures that may be needed for full repair of the soft tissues of the face and neck.

• <b>Section 1: Principles</b> <br>1. Aetiology and Prevention of Facial Trauma<br>2. Medicolegal Implications of Facial Injuries<br>3. Immediate Care (Emergency Room)<br>4. Management of Head Injuries<br>5. Radiographic Assessment<br>6. Principles of Soft Tissue Injuries<br>7. Principles of Reduction and Fixation<br>8. Biomaterials<br><b>Section 2: Definitive management <br>Hard Tissues</b> <br>9. Surgical Access<br>10. Orbital, Zygomatic Fractures and Ocular Injuries<br>11. Frontal Sinus Fractures<br>12. Nasoethmoid Fractures<br>13. Nasal Fractures<br>14. Maxillary and Pan Facial Fractures<br>15. Mandibular Fractures<br>16. Condylar neck fractures<br>17. Dentoalveolar Injuries<br>Soft Tissue Injuries <br>18. Lid and Lacrimal Injuries<br>19. Management of Soft Tissue Injuries<br>20. Reconstrcution of Large Hard and Soft Tissue Loss<br>21. Facial and Trigeminal Nerve Injuries<br>22. Facial Burns<br><b>Section 3: Secondary Surgery</b> <br>23. Facial Scar Management<br>24. Osteotomies and Bone Grafting<br>25. Distraction Techniques<br>26. Secondary Rhinoplasty<br>27. Secondary Orbital Problems<br>28. Facial Nerve Re-animation<br>29. Psychological Support<br><b>Section 4: Innovations</b> <br>30. Future innovations to biomaterials<br>31. Minimally Invasive Surgery<br>Navigation procedures <br>32. Computer assisted oral and maxillofacial surgery- technology andclinical developments<br>33. Clinical application of navigation procedures in maxillofacial trauma and post-traumatic reconstruction

Peter Ward Booth BDS, MBChB, FDS, FRCS Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, The Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, West Sussex, UK